Posts on ‘August 7th, 2002’

Sometimes… I'm really "in it".
I'll pick up a guitar, or a pen and paper, or open my favorite code editor, and things just flow. It's like magic.
I need to learn how to keep the magic there all the time. Although it doesn't really seem related, I'm convinced that water and exercise have A LOT to [...]

After much research, the following information has been determined.
First, a brief explanation of your car's electrical system is in order.
The battery in your car does very little aside from activate the starter. It is the alternator that actually powers the car while it is running. The battery is still in the loop so that, should [...]

Am I incorrect in my thought process here?
Since a lot of the electricity produced by the alternators in cars is never used because the battery is fully charged, running additional electrical devices doesn't actually cause your vehicle to consume additional gas. In this fashion, day-time running lights and/or driving with your headlights on doesn't actually [...]

So I walked to work this morning. Only took 12 minutes. I got here at 8:05am. No, I'm not becoming more health conscious or environmentally aware. My truck wouldn't start this morning.
For the past couple of days I had been thinking something was wrong with the way it started, and this morning confirms that. [...]